FREDERIKSEN Ballslide car with ball joint for Rutgerson retainer BS-105N

The patented Frederiksen Ballslide batten system requires neither

tracks on the mast nor time-consuming fastening. You simply

mount the smoothly running Ballslide cars directly into the luff

groove of your mast.

The Ballslide batten system

offers you several advantages:

1. It saves weight on the mast.

2. Mounting is quick and simple.

3. It provides you with a very efficient main, as the mainsail bolt

rope runs extremely close to the

mast.

4. When used with Frederiksen

batten retainers your mainsail will

stay exactly on the centerline of

the mast. You can also use the Ballslide system in combination with

suitable SDA and Rutgerson retainers.

5. You can be confident that your

sail can always be set and lowered

without any trouble thanks to

the extremely smoothly running

Ballslide cars.

6. You can use the smooth

Frederiksen Ballslide batten

system even on a very flexible

mast unable to carry a track.

7. A Ballslide car can be used on a

soft sail where a full-length top

batten may be used which would

otherwise not run freely due to the

batten compression.

8. Ballslide intermediate cars can

also be used on larger yachts with

soft sails for hanks, where conventional slide systems would not provide the same efficiency.

Each Ballslide car runs on two

sets of recirculating Torlon balls

which will remain in the car even

when you remove it.

The Ballslide car is fitted to

the bolt rope through a stainless

steel ball joint which allows full

movement of the batten in all

planes including 112° each side of

the centre line.

Weight 115 g

LENGTH 68 mm

HEIGHT 31 mm

WIDTH 41 mm